Tiyak na muling iinit ang paligsahan ng US at Russia sa produksyon at paggamit ng armas nukleyar matapos ianunsyo ni Donald Trump, presidente ng US, ang posibleng pag-atras ng bansa sa Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF) noong Pebrero 2. Kapag itinuloy ni Trump ang pag-atras, kusang mawawalan ng bisa sa US ang naturang tratado sa […]
Umabot na sa 19 Palestino ang napatay sa mga pambobomba ng Israel sa residensyal na bahagi ng Gaza sa loob ng dalawang araw nitong Mayo. Kabilang dito ang isang buntis at isang apat na buwang sanggol. Ang pambobomba ay sagot ng Israel sa ilang atake na inilunsad ng Hamas sa mga pwersang panseguridad ng Israel. […]
Muling nabigo ang tangkang kudeta para patalsikin si Nicolas Maduro, presidente ng Venezuela, ng mga pwersang maka-oligarkiya at maka-US noong Abril 29. Pangatlong tangka na ito sa nakaraang limang buwan lamang. Isang araw bago nito, nanawagan si Juan Guiado, na idineklara ang sarili bilang presidente ng bansa, sa armadong pwersa ng Venezuela na talikuran si […]
Twenty four soldiers were killed when the New People’s Army (NPA)-Negros ambushed a unit of the 62nd IB in April 1 at Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Oriental. On April 9, the NPA bombed the same enemy yunit in Sitio Asaran, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City. Seven soldiers were wounded. Compostela Valley. The NPA ambushed […]
The Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT)-2 and the 33rd IB suffered at least 54 casualties in five offensives by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sultan Kudarat from January 22-March 10. In March 10, the NPA ambushed soldiers of the 33rd IB operating in the mountains of Daguma. The soldiers were aboard a truck when […]
China: From January to March, 275 Chineses fishing vessels suspected as Chinese Coast guard surveillance ships were spotted near Pag-asa Island (international name: Thitu Island). Some reports sad that these ships carried Chinese paramilitaries named “Little Blue Men.” Pag-asa Island is the biggest island in the Spratly Group of Islands which is located 285 nautical […]
More than 500 residents of Batangas converged in front of the provincial capitol on March 29 to oppose and condemn Balikatan 2019 which was then scheduled to be launched in their communities. More than 7,500 Filipino and American troops participated in Balikatan 2019 which was launched in various areas in Luzon. This exercise is a […]
If not for the hard and spirited struggles waged by the national minorities with the help of the people’s army to protect the ancestral land, the Cordillera would have long been gone. Thus declared Simon Naogsan (Ka Filiw), Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF) spokesperson, on the undeniable role of the New People’s Army (NPA) in […]
During the first quarter of 2019, farmgate prices of vegetables dropped in various trading posts in Cordillera. Traders set prices of cabbage and carrots at P1/kilo purportedly due to oversupply. These vegetable farmers (also called gardeners in Cordillera) who have already been battered by monsoons and typhoons Rosita and Ompong are already suffering huge losses […]
This report was culled from Ang Bayan’s reportage of human rights violations perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and other armed agents of the US-Duterte regime across the country in the first quarter of year 2019. Based on the initial tally of Ang Bayan, there have been at least 772 […]